Binding-clip for sheet-music and the like.



J. H. BOHAN. BINDING CLIP FOR SHEET MUSIC AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- B. I917- Patented Jam. 14, 1919.

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BINJDTNGFLIF FOllt SHEET-MUSIC reeieea Sheet-Music and the like; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel binding clip for binding or securing together at the fold line the edges of folded sheets, such as the leaves of sheet music, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and in expensive means to secure together the sheets at their turning edges so-as to prevent sheets which are normally loosely nested to gether from falling apart.

it binding clip embodying the present invention is especially useful for securing together the leaves of sheet music and like folded sheets, but may be employed for other uses, as, for instance, for the purpose of securing or binding in place a sheet whiehmay become detached from an ordinary bound book. I

lit is a common practice in assembling the sheets of sheet music, comprising more than two pages, to loosely nest the intermediate sheets between the first and last sheets, the

first and last sheets constituting'the cover.

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Tn use these detachable sheets are liable to become misplaced, with the result that considerable time and annoyance is occasioned in finding the missing sheet and inserting it in its proper place, or if the sheet be lost the remaining sheets are valueless.

Tn accordance .with thepresent invention it is proposed to apply a strip or strips of flexible mate-rial to the outer cover sheets and to the inner loose sheets, in a form which may be termed as a clip, said strip or strips being pasted to both the cover sheets and to the inner loose sheet or sheets at the fold thereof so as to constitute in themselves a.

hinged connection between the cover sheets and the loose sheet or sheets, and also a- Specification er Letters Patent.

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Application filed Uctober h, 1917. serial Flo. lit-5,306.

sheet music may by the user be attached to the cover sheets, or the clips may be employed by the sheet music producer to thus attach the inner sheet or sheets to the outer or cover sheets.

. The invention consists in the matters here-' inafter set forth and is moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Tn the drawings 1- Figure]. is a plan view of a binding clip embodying my invention.

- Fig. 2 is a plan view as seen from the reverse side thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the clip when folded.

' Fig. 4 indicates the manner of using the 7 clip in connection withv a series of interleaved folded sheets.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of a fragment of the hinge edge of the assemblage of sheets.

A binding clip embodying the present invention comprises two end portions 10,10 and an intermediate connecting portion or neck ll. Thesaid clip is made of flexible, pliable material .1 such as binding cloth or linen. The end portions ll) are preferably of greater width than the connecting or neck portion ll.

To the corresponding sides of the end portions 10 are applied patches 12 pf paste,

the pasted areas being preferably co-eirtensive with the areas of said enlargedends or heads 10, Applied to the connecting portion or neck 11, on the side thereof opposite tothe paste patches or areas 12, is athird paste area or patchwhich is preferably coextensive with said connecting portion.

Fig. 4 illustrates the manner of usingthe binding clip. Tn said figure 15, T5 designate the outer or cover leaves or sheets and l6, l6 and l? designate the innerleaves or sheets of an assemblage of sheet music. Said inner leaves or sheets are commonly interleaved looselybetween the cover sheets or leaves and, in accordance with a common practice, the inner leaves are an odd number, in which event the central leaf or sheet 17 is a single leaf or sheet while the others 16 usually comprise the two parts of a wider sheet that is folded upon itself alongits median line. lln using the clip it is folded along the foldin line indicated by 18 in Figs. 1 and2, an as shown in Fig. 3, in a manner to bring the paste areas or patches 12 towardeach other. These paste'areas or patches are moistened and are pasted to the lib lltl

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middle sheet or leaf 17, one at each side thereof, leaving the folded connecting portion or neck 11 extending laterally away from the central sheet in its plane. The

cover sheets, and intermediate sheets 16 if thelatter be present, are cut to provide narrow slits outwardly through which the extended folded connecting portic is or necks of the clips are inserted. After the folded necks have thus been inserted through said slits, or before if desiredjthe said folded connecting portions or necks are cut or parted along the fold line 18, and thereafter the separate neck portions are folded laterally away from each other toward and against the outer faces of the cover sheets and are pasted thereto.

If desired a narrow binding strip 19 made of a suitable tough fabric, as binders linen, may be applied over the hinge edge of the assemblage of sheets so as to conceal the neck portions of the clips, to give a finish to the hinge edge of the sheets, and

also to strengthen the connection between the several interleaved sheets.

The clips, being thin, do not perceptibly increase'the thickness of the hinge edge of the assemblage of sheets. Said clips constitute a very strong connection between the sheets and prevent detachment of the normally loose sheets from the cover sheets and loss of such normally loose or inner sheets. The connection is an exceedingly simple,

may be folded back on the outer faces of the cover sheet at its fold and pasted thereto. 2. A binding strip for the purpose set forth comprising a continuous piece of fabric. formed to provide at its ends enlarged heads connected by a narrower neck portion,

adapted to be folded along a transverse median line, said heads provided at one side of the strip with paste patches and the neck portion provided on the other side of the strip with a paste patch.

In witness whereof I claim the foregoing as my invention I hereunto append my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses, at Chi pago, Illinois, this 3rd day of October, 191

JOSEPH H. BOHAN.

Witnesses:

W. L. HALL, G. A. SOUTHWELL. 

